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20 Pond
| Issuer | De Nationale Bank der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Beperkt |
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| Year | 189x |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bank title 'DE NATIONALE BANK / ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK (BEPERKT)' in bold letterpress across the upper portion, flanking a central arms vignette. An oval intaglio portrait of a bearded male figure occupies the left field, set against a guilloche underprint in pink and green tones. The denomination 'TWINTIG POND' appears in a decorative cartouche at lower right and repeated in letterpress along the bottom margin, with manuscript signature lines designated for 'COMMISSARIS' and 'BOEKHOUDER' completing the face. |
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| Reverse description | No reverse image or confirmed catalog reference data is available for this side; a professional description cannot be provided. |
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De Nationale Bank der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Beperkt — the National Bank of the South African Republic — was a private commercial bank operating under a government concession in Pretoria, not a state central bank in the modern sense. Its higher-denomination notes like this 20 Pond circulated in a mining economy increasingly dominated by Witwatersrand gold revenues, which created demand for large-value paper instruments that the Republic's coin supply could not efficiently service.
Charles Skipper & East printed the series in England, with the manuscript date field left partially open — the "189_" format meant clerks completed day, month, and final year digit at the point of issue, a practice that complicates precise dating of surviving examples.